As Spaniards, we have not gone through communism but we have gone through a dictatorship where we went through a lot of misery. Maybe that mentality will come there.
In any case, in Spain the level of penetration of streaming services seems high. Although you will always find people who pirate (it was very common when Canal+ existed, etc., then it decreased with the arrival of Netflix, HBO, Spotify and Prime) and now with prices continuously rising I hear a lot about IPTV and pirate decoders.
Although I believe that in the specific case of LaLiga, much of the fault lies with the prices imposed. The dominant and more traditional operator (also the most trillero) only offers you the service through convergent Megapacks with attractive prices when hiring and crazy when renewing. The arrival of DAZN has softened it but I don't think it will improve the situation in the medium term. It is very curious that they then reach agreements in emerging markets to offer the price-drawn product (China) and in no case the income is reflected in a more competitive League.
Radically changing area, in the field of software there is the culture of paying the minimum. If it can be zero better, even if it means visiting dubious sites and risking your data and credit cards.
It's so annoying that the only way to stay "online" is to decline the privacy policy, etc. But by doing that, you lose access to the app store and the ability to update the firmware. I hate my damn Samsung Smart TV, even though it (almost) doesn't show any ads in my country/region. Its bloatware makes even the most basic use of the TV infuriating.
I just tried Filmmaker mode on my Samsung S95B and, like you, I find it very dark. Another flaw of this TV is that if the edges of the screen darken (like the borders in widescreen movies), the entire panel goes dark.
I'm pretty sure I crashed Gmail using something weird in its filters. It was a few years ago. Every time I did something specific (I don't remember what), it would freeze and then display a 502 error for a while.
This has reminded me of an anecdote. I work on a corporate social network. One day a colleague from the parent company comes to us scared because instead of seeing the people photos and the attached images, he saw strange images. As in the past we had some scare with xss reflected, we immediately got scared and went straight to investigate the matter. It turned out that the colleague had a Firefox extension installed that changed his images for Nicholas Cage's faces. He didn't remember having done it, but we did remember his blunder hahaha
Thank you for your comment. I'm working on it, to differentiate each aspect and to make it understood as well. It's hard for me because I have been badly accustomed to certain ideas. I do not rule out the idea of making a full reset.
Sorry for the off-topic, but reading this text I thought about myself.
I find myself at a critical point where I wonder what I should do next. I'm over 40 years old and have accumulated years of experience. Sometimes I feel like Neo when he controls the Matrix. Maybe I've been in the same role for too long, but it doesn't matter what project I'm assigned: I implement it with little difficulty (beyond the time cost, exhaustion, etc.).
On the other hand, despite the confidence they've always had in me, the place where I work is starting to feel hostile. Being an introverted person, I try to figure out if this is something that depends on me (and if I can redirect it) rather than looking for answers where I should. Being introverted, it seems unwise to start something that depends on my social skills. Conversely, every day it seems like new obstacles appear, as if going to a job that I liked 90% now feels like a problem.
I have to say, I work in a flat-structure company where the boss is a megalomaniac who wants to control everything. A good part of the new things we do are his impulsive ideas. The office is filled with figurines (dinosaurs, busts from 80s movies, ...) and motivational quotes. He gives talks about how well he does things and how great it is to work there, but he doesn't improve salaries or do anything to provide training, a better work environment, etc. He also plays dirty tricks on employees, like unexpectedly complicating pre-arranged vacations or trying to delay them without a real reason
While writing this, I realized that the 10% that made me not like the company has always been because of him. And if I don't like it, it's because of him.
The only thing that keeps me tied to this place (besides the money, since I don't live in the opulence of certain regions where software is very well paid) is the entrepreneurial spirit of having done so much in the product.
PS: If someone saw our product, the things we have done with just 4 people (on average), they would be amazed. And, with all humility, a large part of that has been driven by me, which ties me and kills me.
No countryman from the Canary Islands refers to himself as Guanche, not even those born in Tenerife. Generally, "guanche" is the name that we Canarians use to refer to the ancient inhabitants of the islands (those that the Spanish colonizers encountered during their Conquest).
In any case, in Spain the level of penetration of streaming services seems high. Although you will always find people who pirate (it was very common when Canal+ existed, etc., then it decreased with the arrival of Netflix, HBO, Spotify and Prime) and now with prices continuously rising I hear a lot about IPTV and pirate decoders.
Although I believe that in the specific case of LaLiga, much of the fault lies with the prices imposed. The dominant and more traditional operator (also the most trillero) only offers you the service through convergent Megapacks with attractive prices when hiring and crazy when renewing. The arrival of DAZN has softened it but I don't think it will improve the situation in the medium term. It is very curious that they then reach agreements in emerging markets to offer the price-drawn product (China) and in no case the income is reflected in a more competitive League.
Radically changing area, in the field of software there is the culture of paying the minimum. If it can be zero better, even if it means visiting dubious sites and risking your data and credit cards.
My vision may be biased. In fact it is ;-)